Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Nkana North Limb, Nkana Mine (Rokana Mine), Kitwe, Kitwe, Copperbelt, Zambia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 900
Youngest recorded age at locality: 470

mindat Locality ID: 228256
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228256.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nkana North Limb, Nkana Mine (Rokana Mine), Kitwe, Kitwe, Copperbelt, Zambia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 12°49'41"S
Longitude: 28°11'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -12.828055555556,28.193333333333

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

No IMA Minerals occur at this locality according to mindat

9 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Kristen002301	659.6	645	652.3±7.3	U-Pb	U mineralization/ (re-)mobilization		uraninite		Yes	Uraninite	U, Co, Cu, Ni, Mo, Se, S, Au, Pd	16667	Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo	Katanga Copperbelt	Decrée et al. (2011)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2011.05.003	OGR40_81
Kristen002302	536	524.2	530.1±5.9	U-Pb	reworking of metal concentration		uraninite		Yes	Uraninite	U, Co, Cu, Ni, Mo, Se, S, Au, Pd	16667	Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo	Katanga Copperbelt	Decrée et al. (2011)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2011.05.003	OGR40_81
Kristen002303	656	656		U-Pb		high	uraninite		Yes	Uraninite	U, Co, Cu, Ni, Mo, Se, S, Au, Pd	16667	Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo	Katanga Copperbelt	Decrée et al. (2011)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2011.05.003	OGR40_81
Kristen002304	602	602		U-Pb		high	uraninite		Yes	Uraninite	U, Co, Cu, Ni, Mo, Se, S, Au, Pd	16667	Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo	Katanga Copperbelt	Decrée et al. (2011)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2011.05.003	OGR40_81
Kristen002305	542	542		U-Pb		high	uraninite		Yes	Uraninite	U, Co, Cu, Ni, Mo, Se, S, Au, Pd	16667	Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo	Katanga Copperbelt	Decrée et al. (2011)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2011.05.003	OGR40_81
Kristen002306	503	503		U-Pb		high	uraninite		Yes	Uraninite	U, Co, Cu, Ni, Mo, Se, S, Au, Pd	16667	Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo	Katanga Copperbelt	Decrée et al. (2011)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2011.05.003	OGR40_81
Kristen002310	502	470	486±16	U-Pb				RGM 3636	Yes		U, Co, Cu, Ni, Mo, Se, S, Au, Pd	4349	Nkana Mine (Rokana Mine), Kitwe, Kitwe, Copperbelt, Zambia	Nkana Mine	Decrée et al. (2011)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2011.05.003	OGR40_81
sedcu-00766	900	900	U. Proterozoic						Yes		Cu	4349	Nkana Mine (Rokana Mine), Kitwe, Kitwe, Copperbelt, Zambia	Mindola-Nkana N-S	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107
sedcu-00769	900	900	U. Proterozoic								Cu	228256	Nkana North Limb, Nkana Mine (Rokana Mine), Kitwe, Kitwe, Copperbelt, Zambia	Nkana North Limb	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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